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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...golfers were not barred from the Canadian Open at Mount Bruno, Que., three days later. Galleries flocked after slouching Leo Diegel of Washington, D. C., and Gene Sarazen, "grinning runt" of Briarcliff, N. Y. Leo ticked off a 285 for the title, Gene 287 for second. Other Americans in the annual border raid: W. Macfarlane, Tuckahoe, N. Y., 288; J. Farrell, Mamaroneck, N. Y., 291; W. E. Melhorn, St. Louis, 293; Clarence P. Hackney, Atlantic City, (1923 winner), 295. Ablest Canadian: A. Kay Lambton, of Toronto, seventh with...
...Prometheus Unbound. Prometheus, legendary hero, brought fire to mortals and as punishment was chained to Mount Caucasus by Zeus, where an eagle by day devoured his liver, which grew again during the night. Aeschylus, Greek tragic poet, wrote two dramas: 1) Prometheus Bound, telling this story, and 2) Prometheus Unbound, telling of the deliverance of the hero by Hercules after a reconciliation of the former with Zeus. Shelley, in his poem, changes the plot somewhat- makes Prometheus an even more adamantine hero who refuses to bow to Zeus, overthrows him, liberates mankind...
...selection of students. The thirst for knowledge has become a commonplace. Hundreds of students are turned away (especially by the colleges for women) because of the inadequacy of the facilities. At Vassar, 298 Freshmen were admitted out of 539 candidates; at Wellesley 424 out of 1,337; at Mount Holyoke, 338 out of 680; at Smith, 600 out of 1,835. Selection having become necessary, the problem of whom to select has arisen. Admission on the basis of an aristocracy of brains is considered unsatisfactory...
...year, Prudential's income amounted to only $1,555. In 1851 Henry Harben, its famed Secretary, entered the Company. Harben practically created the modern insurance business of Europe by preaching popular thrift through insurance, and raising the ethical standards of the business. So rapidly did the Company's income mount in the 60's that it was once attacked in Parliament by Gladstone. Harben showed that the Prime Minister was mistaken, and the latter was forced to retract. Harben also inaugurated scientific industrial insurance, and was the first to gather actual statistics regarding health and deaths...
...that supplied by the gypsies. As the field of 27 faced the barrier, the good-natured crowd "downed umbrellas" in order that all might see the getaway. "They're off!" shouted thousands of voices, but one by one the horses returned behind the barrier; Jockey Donoghue's mount, Defiance, had "broken." The second "They're off!" proved correct. Lord Astor's St. Germans and Lord Derby's Sansovino led with Hurstwood, Bright Night and Tom Pinch. Down the spongy, muddy track squelched the horses, the pouring rain dashing into their faces. Little by little Sansovino...